I am a research nut and read, read, read. Usually not the books that I ought to be reading (see: Atonement), but I always make time for a magazine or a local guide. I love to find stuff that makes me feel like a “local” when I’m travelling, and if not local, at least in […]
The con: I’m fighting a cold. (I’m convinced that the plane ride home gave it to me. I won’t share why. Just picture a lot of germs.) The pro: it was 50 degrees in Chicago on Wednesday, and further, it was sunny. Hooray. I spent a little time walking through the (soggy) yard, checking out […]
Surprise! We’re still here, and you know what that means. Yep, we got hit with snow. Again. Another ten inches, I’d estimate. If you like to look on the bright side, the good news is that our flight was cancelled on Thursday night, so we did not have to spend hours at O’Hare on Friday […]
My sister told me a while ago that Chicago has never had a March where it failed to reach 70. I say, get ready for the exception: March 2008. It snowed for a bit on Monday, and Tuesday was drizzly and cold. Makes you want to start walking south. Easter arrives on Sunday regardless of […]
I am in a crabby mood. Chalk it up to the dentist (today, anyway). I was in for an onlay, which as far as I can tell means “We are going to drill your tooth for a while and then we will add stuff so that your new tooth feels absolutely nothing like the old […]
